Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War

Pakistan's army has dominated the state for most of its 66 years. It has locked the country in an enduring rivalry with India to revise the maps in Kashmir and to resist India's slow but inevitable rise. To prosecute these dangerous policies, the army employs non-state actors under the security of its ever-expanding nuclear umbrella. Based on decades of the army's own defense publications, Fair’s book argues that the Pakistan military is unlikely to shift its strategy anytime soon, and thus the world must prepare for an ever more dangerous future Pakistan.

Christine Fair is an Assistant Professor in the Security Studies Program within Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She previously served as a Senior Political Scientist with the RAND Corporation, a Political Officer with the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and a Senior Research Associate at USIP's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention.

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featuring authorC. Christine Fair, Ph.D.

With Commentaries byDavid Sedney
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia

Michael G. Waltz
President, Metis Solutions and former Special Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney

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